The evening world. Newspaper, April 11, 1903, Page 1

og § PRAFER FB geh Sggeupper execn- » t the street in thelr night clothes. GENERAL SPORTING NEWS ON PAGE 6. “ Circulation Books Open to All.”’ PRICE ONE CENT. ali LOST ) INAFIRE DUE TO BURGLARS Attempt to Blow Open a Safe in the Matthews Block in Lakewood Re- sults in a Blaze that Causes the Death of Abraham Van Wagner WGRAW SAYS: “For the first time in years the Giants have been South. We prac- tised in Savannah for weeks, and got into good preliminary shape. I coached the men in bat- ting, base running and fielding. They all work- ed hard, and the result was marked improve- ment. We have played in the South and West strong teams, such as Savannah, Columbus, Louisville, and here at the Polo Grounds this week we have satisfac- torily disposed of Ford- ham and Columbia col- leges. “I think I can say that + the New York National and Injury of 9 TWOlr ecu paseball team Women. will be one of the strongest ever represent- ing this city. I am sure it will make a good showing. The men are in better shape at this period of the year than they have ever been, and that's a great help to begin the season with, The team is better bal- anced, the pitching force is as strong as any team in the League. ‘Ihe tield- /} ers are clever and hard hitters, and wé have some of the best base- runners in the business. So look out for the Giants this year. One of the things that pleases me most is the return of Van Haltren, who broke his leg last year in a game. He will streagth- en and steady the cut- field, and he is always dangerous when he has @ bat in his hand.” GUESTS IN THE PALMER HOUSE IN A WILD PANIC. This Building Adjoined the Burned Stores, but the Flames Were Kept from Spreading to It—Mother’s Vain Effort to Save Her Aged Father from Death After She Had Rescued Her Babe. (pectal to The Evening World.) LAKEWOOD, N. J., April 11.—The at- tempt of burglars to blow a safe in the store of William E, Matthews, in the Matthews Block, at Fourth street and Clifton avenue, early to-day resulted in @ fire which caused the death of one man, the serious Injury of two women, and peril to the lives of one hundred and fifty people. The Palmer House, next door to the Matthews Block, was threatened for @ time, and the fear-irspired guests rushed While the explosion caused the fa! fire, it was"a@lso the means of saving many lives. ‘The noise {t made awakened all the tenants in the Matthews Block, and caused them to run for safety with- out delay. To this is due the fact that more lives were not sacrificed, for if the fire had started without preliminary warning it is doubtful if anybody would have been saved from the burning building. The Matthews Block was a fire trap, of frame construction, three stories high. The und floor was occupied by the Matticws store, a plano store and paint store, Mr. Matthews had a fine | stock of frults and candles and also wonducted a big dalry business. In an- ticipation of a heavy Easter trade he had bought a big stock of goods that hid from view from the street the safe in his office. Glover acsalit 4 s When Giovani Sabott!, a mechanic o: Vaca Big Charge of Explosive. | tnis city, went to iis farm at Dix Hills, ‘The burglars entered the store through| J, I., four miles from Huntington, last @ door In the rear, which they forced. | night he found his wife, Julla, and his) They drilled a hole in the door of the} hired man Pascal La Tour, a Cuban,! safe, attached a fuse and set off the| dead, Ia Tour had blown off the head explosive. Evidently they were inex-| of the woman with a shot gun and then perienced, for the amount they uséd| killed himself with a revolver, would have destroyed a yafe three times| gabotti spent most of his time in this the size of that of the Matthews place. | ojty working at his trade, leaving hic In a corner of the office was a pile of) wife and La Tour alone on the farm. excelsior and scraps of paper. ‘The flash| La Tour had worked for him for vel from the explosion undoubtedly reached| years, He was looked upon by *Sabotti| this pile of rubbish, and as the burglars) ang his wite as a friend of the family. fled, leaving the rear door open, there! Occasionally he showed signs of a dis- was a draught thar swept the flames) ordered intellect, but he was considered through the store, Reap Manager R. Stewart Miller and five|"mne husband found the body of hi machinists were at work on the boiler in! wire ying in a doorway between th fhe basement of the Palmer House when! parjor and the bedroom of the littl fee explosion occurred. They. hur house on the farm. La Tour lay in the perior, with a shotgun with one barrel! empty under his body. In his right/ hand he held a revolver, He had put ® bullet into his brain, Sabott! hurried to Huntington, where he notified she authorities of his gr sume discovery, Coroner Gibson went to the house, He said that the crime had | | been committed probably some time on Thursday, | Kverything | indicat La ‘tour’ killed” his employer while insane. He was a wido three children, and one of them insane asylum, ‘The bodies were removed to padertaning estab’ and an inquest Nelgnbors sald that they had ‘Pour about lately, and there was Fessich wbroud that he was ill and that Stra." Be Sabottl was taking care of him, Tour was a Cuban, almost black. ‘The appearance of the room In which the bodies were found indicates that there was a struggle before the tragedy, SEE lr — AND HIMSELF Pascal La Tour Blows Off Head of Employer’s Wife with Shot- gun and Ends His Own Life— T ought to Be fnsane. HUSBAND FINDS THE BODIES, in flames, the fire eating through the fiimsy partition to the store nexg door. On the two upper floors of the there were twenty persons asleep. A stairway to the apartments on the upper floors was on the outside of the bullding on the Clifton avenue side. While one of the machinists ran to the hotel to tele- phone an alarm Mr, Miller and the others rushed up the stairs to help out the tm- perilled occupants of the building. Rushed from the Fire Trap. Already they were running through the hallways to safety, knowing that if the fire ever got headway \t would lick up the old structure like tinder, Mra, Mary Van Mater lived on the ‘ond floor with her six-months-old baby, Her husband was not at home, On the third floor, in apartments dir rectly above, lived her father, Abraham Van Wagner, ninety years old and very feeble. When awakened by the sound of the! explosion her “first thought was of her| father, Leaving her little one in bed. she Fan to the room in which the old man| Slept, and found him getting out of bed, Ho paid he would not leave until he was | Gressed, and with the obstinacy of old age resisted the efforts of his daughter | to lead him to safety, She remained until love for her baby —— called her downstairs again. She found REE. the little one unconscious, and, thinking BASTES FLAWS 7 : Mt dead, burried to the street, TheBody whe Guaran Clothing Ce., U of Mr, Van Wagner was found to-day town © 127en fa Ay n the floor of his room. He h | of bis room ‘Ho had been! Wats Give Base Master Plapia. wa or of the other tenants managed t. ercape before the ‘ite got into’ thelr ere x age (Continued on Fifth Page.) eee seri WEATHER FORECAST ¥ renat for the thirty-uix hours euding at > I. M. Sunday for New Sort City and vi Raip to-might aud p Sunday) Warmer; freeh north to winds, Pata aca ‘ pt the meeting will be run in heavy th ies, Clothing or ar valid ao ello VAN HALTREN. KILLED WOMAN (CHAS. O'MALLEY SQUALID, Gentlemen Riders in a Mix-Up ‘in Their Own Steeplechase Event at the Bennings Race- Track.” ‘MISS ROOSEVELT PRESENT. THE WINNERS. FIRST RACE—One mile and a half; hurdies.—Ben Battle (13 to 5) Ima Girl (5 to 2) 2, J. A. Warner Time—3.18 2-5. SECOND RACE—Four and a half furlongs.—Contentious (1 to 2), 1; Nine Pins (6 to 1), 2; Termagant, 3. Time, 0,86 2-5, 3% THIRD RACE—Steeplechage: Joe Lelter (2 to 1) 1, Twilight (10 to 1) » Kalorama 3, Time—4.26, Charles O'Malley won but wae disqualified, FOURTH RACE—Six furlongs — Shrine (8 to 2) 1, Alan (18 to 20) 2, Merriment 3. Time—1,14, (Special to The Evening Worl.) BENNINGS RACE TRACK, WASH- INGTON, D. C,, April 11—This was another field day for the Washington- fans, There was a hurdle race and a steeplechase on the programme, so that the local enthusiasts’ cup of happiness was filled to overflowing. Notwithstand- ing that the weather was threatening rain and the breezes which blew across the Potomac Flats were cold and chill- ing, they turned out In such numbers that when counted up they made one of the banner attendances of the meet- ing. ‘To the regulars there was nothing on the card that appealed to them. The the fourth, which promised .a crack! good contest between Alan and Bhrii ‘This palr was meeting at even weights and as both had been beaten by Mre, | Frank Foster there w ood line for the talent to follow. They made Alan their choice, but there were many of the wise division who thovrat that Shrine would take the Goughacre representa- tiye into camp. ‘The track wax almost fast. But there was rain in the air, and the chances are that the races on the last two days dnd Deon vary rena, bat aa been far "below th ver ae a] fon’ 3 prec years, Horsemen a at's only good race on the programme was nT ai TENG | Wibiggre plod ae EDIT TO ve % NEW YORK, SATURDAY. APRIL II. 1903. GIANTS § SCORE TWICE IN FIRST. New York National Leaguers Play Jer- sey Citys, the First Strong Team They Have Met Since They B:yan| Spring Practice in the South. Good Crowd on Hand to See the Game — Manager McGraw Shitts His Men, Trying Various and Fielders. Pitchers, Catchers ‘The Giants, after having played them- selves into shape in the South and hav- ing beaten the Fordham College and Columbia University teams, moved over to Jersey City this afternoon to tackle the Eastern League team of that town. The Jersey Citys ure professionals And as this is the first try-out of New York's Nationa! Leaguers againet men of their own kind, a goodly gang of root- ere went over the ferry to have alook at the pley. Manager Billy Murray of the Jersey- ites met Johnny McGraw, of the Giants, as soon as the New Yorkers turned up at the grounds, and told him that if he wanted to win he'd have to stretch himeelf. “We've Bot a team here,” said Mur- ray, “that make @ lot of you swell ones think you don’t know what base- ball Moraw just grinned and sent his mon out to practise. They seemed in ood trim. The grounds were in good shape also. From the preliminary prac- |to Tent, “Waar deatt tse the Jerseyites appeared to know what they were doing anda few bets were made by thelr enthusiastic ad- mikes that they would get away with game. ‘There was a surprisinsty good crowd out, several thousand people going thtough the turnstile before the cal! for, play. They cheered every play made by either side. The New Yorks took the’ field first for practice. While Van Hal- tren batted a lot of hot ones through the Infield Mathéwson and MeGinnity Were shooting their curves with great vigor. Billy Lauder showed off to great ad- vantage. He grabbed a lot of sizzling rounders with eugh vim that the graml- stand howled. When the Jersey Citys came out for thelr warming up they got a great re- ception from. the fans. Gene" McCann and Pfanmiller, the two star twirlers of the team, on Whom Manager Murray Js depending for success in the pennant race this season, headed the team and were uproariously received. trenuous in his prac- a tremendously fine repute- smaller leagues. The etar of the grand stand was Jack Munroe, the brulser btaut from Butte, who, Rapid will make his. Wee- Bi Gani nations ovei via ore mt. Browere him, Brel Bat "knocked a pretty ing over op, but in attempting ty steal pie ran over the base and was t. Two ru fin grounded: @ ball to Lauder, (Continued on Sixth Page.) ¢ GIANTS BEAT JERSEY CITY. SCORE BY INNINGS. NEW YORK .....- JERSEY CITY -.- (Continued from Second Column, Sixth Page.) Third Inning—Browne was thrown out at first by Lamar Van Haltrén fouled out. McGann was thrown out. No runs. Lamar flied out to Mertes. McGann did likewise to Browne Matty put Griffin out at first. No runs. Fourth Inning—Pfanmiller relived McGann in the box for Jersey. Mrtes walked and stole second. Babb ballooned to Griffin. Lauder sacrificed, Mertes taking third. Gilbert out at first. No runs. YACHT RELIANCE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED. BRISTOL, R. |., April 11.—The Cup Defender Reliance was successfully launched at 5.44 o'clock this afternoon. er sr RESULTS OF OTHER GAMES. At Annapolis—Navy, 8; Seventh Regiment, 1. AL Vamuridge—Harvard, 15; Colby, oy Fifth Race—Lrop o’ Rve 1, Benefit 2, Michaelmas 3. Sixth Race—Pageant | 1, Merrymaker 2, Benckart 3. 0G ee AT MEMPHIS, Third Race— Rightful 1 13 Floyd K. 2 K. 2, Jake Greenburg 3, THREE PERSONS POISONED BY FOOD, MOUNT VERNON. N. Y., April 11.—The housekeeper and two children of Charles Nichols, ¥3| nue, became dangerously ill to-day after having eaten luncheon, Drs, Tallman, Van Totten and Strong have been working over LATE RESULTS AY BENNING? 3. of No, 282 North Fulton ave- CRONIN. RAINY DAISIES FOR EASTER. Woe to the fine feathers and flowers and furbe- lows on the morrow! The unfeeling weather man announces that all signs to-day point to a very moist Waater Sunday. He doesn't predict that the mojsture will come in bhe form of an April shower, but darkly hints that tt will begin eaining to-night and continue to- morrow. THE BATTING ORDER. NEW YORK. BEATEN BY Latter Boat Had 1 Time by a Collision. OLD BOAT’S ALLOWANCE. BROWNE, ef. VAN HALTREN, cf. M'GANN, 1b. MERTES, If. BABB, ss. LAUDER, 3b. GILBERT, 2b. WARNER, c, MATHEWSON, p. JESREY CITY. GRIFFIN, 3b. BEAN, ss. HALLIGAN, If. CASSIDY, 1b. M'MAHON, cf. MACK, 2b. KELLY, rf. LAMAR, c, M'CANN, p. Umpire—Mr. SHANNON. OF 10 MINUTES TOO Mi There Was Prize Money 0 by Sir Thomas Lipton é Crew of Shamrock I. to Clear Away the Spinnaker—Shamroek 1 Order to Even Thing Up, ered Spinnaker.. WEYMOUTH, England, April Sir Thomas Lipton's new An challenger, was beaten by Sl i in a thirty-four mile race to-day, The contest was in deadly Thomas had offered prize mo: winning crew and a handicap minutes was given to the old t order to make the contest a fail Both crews were very eager to none of the fine points of little tricks thet sallors know, lected on either boat. “ Shamrock IIL. finished first by than six minutes, elapsed time, ALL READY TO LAUNCH GUP DEFENDER ELUNE, =: She Will Be leo by Miss Nora Iselin, Daughter of Her Chief Owner, and Bristol, R.I., Is Prepared for an Outburst of Patriotic Enthusiasm in Honor of the Event. (Special to The Evening World.) BRISTOL, R. I., April 11,—The final preparations for the launching of the new cup defender Reliance were completed this afternoon and the pro- gramme announced by the designers. Promptly at 5.30 o'clock Capt. Nat Herreshoff, standing amidships on the deck of the new yacht, will pull a signal cord which will ring a gong In the steam windlass shed. Then Engineer Robertson will start the engines and the big iron drum supporting the steel cable attached to the cradle will slowly unreel. Simultaneously with the first lurch of the cradle Miss Nora Iselin will place a bottle of champagne against the starboard bow and crack it with a tiny silver ham- mer, excle'ming: “I christen thee Reliance!" Then the lutest Herreshoff wonder will slide down the ways. There will be no plunge, but a gentle, smooth glide of the flange wheels of the cradle down the 320 feet of rails of the marine railway, and when deep water is reached the cradle fastenings will be knocked off and the big racer will Hoat amid a screech of sirens and a tooting of whistles. Since the avcident to the Defender on her launching the plunge from the ways has been abandoned, the Columbia and Constitution flipping down the incline with a mathematical precision. Capt, Herreshoff estimates that it will take nearly five minutes for the Reliance to reach the water them all afternoon, but the nature of their illness has not been mn Public. Mr. Nichols is away from home, ana five more minutes will be consumed before the cradle fastenings are knocked apart At 10 o'clock this morning the water front section of the south shed | was open and the first view of the sloop was obtained, TVPICAL AMERICAN SKIMMING DISH, Avcording to yachting oxperts she is a typical American skimining dish, thougu she possesses a far more graceful symmetry than any cup yacht the | fy Herreshoffs have heretofore turned out, While she is almost as flac as the | Independence, she has not the hard turn to the bilge that marred the beauty | of the Boston beat, She has a oeauriful turn to the bilge, and her forward | frame bus an easy, graceful ewcep, more of the V shape than the U, giving | her a smooth, ¢ entrance At the Ume of the launching Religace will fy the American ensign at| | the stern, on a little mas; amidships» the private signal of C, Oliver Iselin, | ‘the manuging owner, and ot che bow the signals of the other members of the| syndicate, Miss Nora |-clin went aboard the Sunbeam shortly after mid- night, to r " me, and when the tender was dressed in the morning she a i tion of the colors. Others on the Sun- aa 8 were W.lliam Butter “Duncan Woodbury Kane, Newberry Lawton, on her handicap. The old § sulled a remarkable race. by a steam yacht. sels cleared away Shamrock fi her spinnaker boom and spin: steam yacht had lost her bo Crippled, but She plan Shamrock I. escaped other n a continued the race, r didiy drilled sailors worked lke | Jans to clear away the tangle of rig and spars, and did so with enitineen: hers, so that there was not as disadvantage to the old hoat ay might have been. To-day's pace was under strictly conditions, The starting line was Portland, thence easterly to a mai Lulworth Cove and back across mouth of Weymouth Bay to a mark ge Portland and thence home, twice arouly A fine, fresh west-southwest of sufficient streng! J yachts, under club-topsalis, to hy jand make fast si the two Shamrocks position. New Boat In Handier, - During this jockeying the III, proved both faster and handler, Capt. Wringe had easily the the start, The preparatory signal - given at 9.55 A. M., and just before the ) starting gun was fired af 10 0’ both yachts stayed by the outer boat. The Shamrock 1. beng to weather of the challenger, drow and was two or three lengths shead they bore away for the run. ‘The wlarting times were: The Shamrock III manoeuvred spinnakers and the new boat imm » constantly ine n her opponent ae they towards Lulworth Co ‘The wind remained freay and and the racers made excelent ga) as they ran across on the first leg of” course. The Shamrock 1, followed: in the wake of the Cup Laney was quite unable to hold her Ze rock 111, spinaing out a Digger Mead4 the In lenger gained two The times off Wh The Shamrock Il! The Shamrock | Throughout (he pest of the new boat continued to prove (Continued on Second’ enty minutes’ running the minutes, nite Nose were?